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Papez circuit  

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  • This network of brain structures was described for the first time by the American neuroanatomist James W. Papez in 1937, and is thought to be involved in the control of emotions and in memory: mammillary bodies, anterior nucleus of the thalamus, anterior cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, fornix.

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Entry terms

  • medial limbic circuit
  • Papez-Jakob circuit

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Aggleton, J. P., Nelson, A. J. D., & O’Mara, S. M. (2022). Time to retire the serial Papez circuit: Implications for space, memory, and attention. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 140, 104813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104813

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Hall, S. (in press). Is the Papez circuit the location of the elusive episodic memory engram? IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2024.01.016

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Papez, J.W. (1937). A proposed mechanism of emotion. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry, 38(4), 725-743. https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1937.02260220069003

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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